Afternoon all, I've been lurking on the forum un-registered for a few years now, mainly because I haven't had a bike worthy of the site. Having finally seen the error of my ways I've sold both of my Planet Flex bikes (one road/one TT) and have bought a bike that doesn't go sideways...

Cheers Guys. Decided to go with Zipp Service Course SL stem (alloy), I'm not a fan of the oversized carbon zipp 145, or 3T's offering the ARX LTD. I think both are vulgar! I have ordered Zipps SLC2 bar, as I will need to mount aero bars to the bike for races (Triathlon sprint/olympic distances)

@ Power Pete . The frame, including cage bolts/mech hanger/braze on and Di2 Cables (I don't want to remove them!) is 1,244g.

Thats it for now, just waiting for paypal to clear funds to my bank from ebay sales - as soon as thats done (2 days) I will order Di2 As I mentioned before it won't be a true weenie, but my weeniest bike to date! My aim was <6.8kg, I think it's going to come in around the 6.5kg mark.

This is one bad ass looking frame. Can't help hoping you'll be able to keep the matte theme going with the rims as well, although you mentioned fulcrum clinchers ... Matte black carbon wheels seem to become available more and more.

@wassertreter - Silver fulcrums on it to start, ENVE carbon wheels once we start stocking them in our shop.

@Tinea Pedis - I don't road race (Although I will be next year) currently only compete in triathlon. One of my colleagues road races on a BMC Team Machine SLR01 w/SRAM Red and he has ridden an AR0. He said it is noticeably stiffer than his BMC (I can get a more detailed review if you wish!) Having also ridden a Felt F1 he is looking at selling his BMC to get one.

@ BmanX - My ideas for aero bars were Zipp Vuka or Profile T2 Cobra. I haven't looked into weight/adjustability of bars yet, if there is something lighter and better do let me know. Thanks.

Another parts update, I now have everything minus the chainset/bb and cages (which I am yet to choose) To get the bike on the road asap I'll be running some 6600 ultegra brakes which I already have.

The perks of working in a bike shop...this was my steed for a triathlon at the weekend, very stiff and I threw it through the technical parts of the course with ease. With a field of 40 + people on TT bikes, and the majority of others with aero bars I was happy with 26th fastest bike split with a full road set-up. Mine will be better

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